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STANDARDS MAP VOLUNTARY STANDARDS, CODES & AUDIT PROTOCOLS
Joseph Wozniak
Closing the informaAon gap: OpportuniAes and challenges for
policymakers 31 January 2014
“As an agency of the United Na3ons, ITC enables business export success globally by providing, with partners, trade development solu3ons to the private sector, trade support ins3tu3ons and policy-‐makers”
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Components
• Standards Map: over 120 voluntary standards covering 80 sectors and applicable in 180 countries; summary reviews of each standard and code; interac3ve search func3onality per sector/product, region/country or specific criteria; comparisons of standards and self-‐assessment tool for producers and suppliers;
• Research & resources center: Publica3ons, business guides and online resource center;
• Capacity building: Bringing intelligence about what the market demands vis-‐à-‐vis voluntary standards, integrated with other ITC tools.
Rationale • Sustainability concerns in global supply
chains;
• High demand from SMEs for transparency on voluntary standards;
• Confusion among SMEs, TSIs and governments around the prolifera3ng voluntary standards applied in interna3onal markets;
• Lack of credible, central & neutral repository for standards informa3on.
Support SECO, BMZ, European Commission
Over 120 standards & audit protocols
Identify standards or codes of your interest (select from a list or identify by product/crop, country/region)
Review the main features of your selected standards and codes (sustainability scope, policies and processes…)
Run comparisons of standards based on their content requirements and sustainability focus.
Use the Self-Assessment tool to assess your profile against a standard of relevance to your context
Generate your reports online and share them with business partners.
STANDARDS MAP 2.0
IdenGfy
Quick-‐Scan
Compare
Self-‐Assess
Report
IdenGfy
Quick-‐Scan
Compare
Self-‐Assess
Report
STANDARDS MAP 2.0
IDENTIFY • Use country/region;
product/sector filters to identify relevant standards.
• Select additional filters to narrow your search by destination market.
• Review more options to narrow your search by specific sustainability hotspot explicitly covered by standards.
IdenGfy
Quick-‐Scan
Compare
Self-‐Assess
Report
STANDARDS MAP 2.0
QUICK-SCAN • Review standards key
characteristics by browsing on a Quick-Scan menu.
• Generate short reports and maps about the standards’ scope, policies, contacts details…
IdenGfy
Quick-‐Scan
Compare
Self-‐Assess
Report
STANDARDS MAP 2.0
COMPARE • Review side-by-side
standards’ requirements and coverage of sustainability topics.
• Generate graphs that highlight possible similarities and overlaps between standards’ respective scope of requirements
• Select a “reference” and identify requirements’ possible overlaps between that reference and other standards.
IdenGfy
Quick-‐Scan
Compare
Self-‐Assess
Report
STANDARDS MAP 2.0
SELF-ASSESS • Producers or suppliers
may fill online questionnaire and “map” their responses against standards’ requirements.
• Increasing awareness of possible areas for improvement – not an audit.
• Save responses, re-use them against other standards.
You You You
Compare your business’ commitment against the sustainability hotspots requirements set forth by this iniAaAve. Note that this graph does not take into consideraAon the standards Ameframe for implementaAon.
Compare your business’ commitment against the sustainability hotspots requirements set forth by this iniAaAve. Note that this graph does not take into consideraAon the standards Ameframe for implementaAon.
Compare your business’ commitment against the sustainability hotspots requirements set forth by this iniAaAve. Note that this graph does not take into consideraAon the standards Ameframe for implementaAon.
SoW-‐launch 3rd February 2014!!!
For more informaAon on Standards Map, please visit www.standardsmap.org
Do not hesitate to contact us at ITC: [email protected]